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Definition of Recur
1. Verb. Happen or occur again. "This is a recurring story"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Specialized synonyms: Iterate, Cycle
Derivative terms: Recurrence, Recurrent, Repeat, Repetition, Repetitive, Repetitive
2. Verb. Return in thought or speech to something.
3. Verb. Have recourse to. "The government resorted to rationing meat"
Generic synonyms: Apply, Employ, Use, Utilise, Utilize
Derivative terms: Resort, Resort
Definition of Recur
1. v. i. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Definition of Recur
1. Verb. (rare) To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To happen again. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive computing) To recurse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recur
1. to happen again [v -CURRED, -CURRING, -CURS]
Medical Definition of Recur
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1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. "When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard." (I. Watts)
2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. "If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration.
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